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Homer Frazier interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith, transcribed by Mary Anne McDonald

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Interviewee:

Frazier, Homer Newton,

Title:

Identifier:

SNP052

Format:

1 audio file (running time: 1:03:18) :

Interview Number:

SNP-52

Location/Date:

Recorded on October 14, 1977

Description:

The Shenandoah National Park oral history collection, SdArch SNP, (SC# 4030), consists of 135 interviews of people who were living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia prior to the creation of the Shenandoah National Park. Most of the interviewees resided on land that was claimed by eminent domain by the commonwealth of Virginia and subsequently turned over to the US government in the 1930s. For a description of the entire collection see the Finding Aid

Description:

"Records the reminiscences of Homer and Virgie Frazier, (née Dwyer), who were born and raised near Sperryville, Virginia. Describes daily life in the mountains, including local agriculture, livestock production and food preservation, courting rituals and folk music. Discusses the annual cattle drives from the lowlands to the mountain pastures"

Description:

Records the reminiscences of Homer and Virgie Frazier, (née Dwyer), who were born and raised near Sperryville, Virginia. Describes daily life in the mountains, including local agriculture, livestock production and food preservation, courting rituals and folk music. Discusses the annual cattle drives from the lowlands to the mountain pastures

Citation:

SdArch no. SNP-52, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, SdArch SNP, (SC# 4030), Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va

Rights:

Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of James Madison University's Libraries & Educational Technologies' Special Collections (540) 568-3612, library-special@jmu.edu

Personal Names:

Frazier, Homer Newton, 1897-1981, Interviews

Personal Names:

"Frazier, Virgie Alma, 1904-1983, Interviews"

Family Names:

Fraser family

Family Names:

"Dwyer family"

Subject:

Mountain people -- Blue Ridge Mountains -- Social life and customs

Subject:

"Mountain life -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History"

Subject:

"Mountain people -- Virginia -- Shenandoah National Park -- Social life and customs"

Subject:

"Rural poor -- Virginia"

Subject:

"Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern"

Subject:

"Courtship -- Virginia -- History"

Subject:

"Food habits -- Appalachian Region, Southern"

Subject:

"Folk music -- Virginia -- History"

Place Names:

Thornton Gap (Va.) -- History

Place Names:

"Sperryville (Va.) -- History"

Place Names:

"Rappahannock County (Va.) -- History"

Place Names:

"Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Manners and customs"

Place Names:

"Shenandoah National Park (Va.) -- History, Local"

Interviewer/Transcriber:

Smith, Dorothy Noble, 1915-1999 Interviewer.

Interviewer/Transcriber:

"MacDonald, Mary Anne Transcriber."

Collection Title:

Shenandoah National Park oral history collection

Bib record:

b22071076

Collection:

Shenandoah National Park

Record created:

Aug. 27, 2010

Last modified:

Feb. 27, 2012

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